Directed by - Louie Psihoyos Produced by Fisher Stevens and Olivia Ahnemann Written by - Mark Monroe Music by - J. Ralph Cinematography -
John Behrens Shawn Heinrichs Sean Kirby Petr Stepanek
Release date 24 January 2015 (Sundance Film Festival) Country - United States
Racing Extinction is a 2015 documentary about the ongoing Anthropogenic mass extinction of species and the efforts from scientists, activists and journalists to document it by Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos, who directed the documentary The Cove (2009). The film received one Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Song, and one Emmy nomination. Racing Extinction premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, followed by limited theater release, with worldwide broadcast premiere on The Discovery Channel in 220 countries or territories on 2 December 2015.
Racing Extinction's website details further information about contemporary extinction and campaigns with which to prevent them. The film was created by the Oceanic Preservation Society.